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A former New Zealand student who built a bomb used in an Isis suicide attack was allegedly inspired by a close friend's death.

Taie bin Salem bin Yaslam al-Saya'ari was gunned down by police in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.

Authorities say he planned an attack last year at one of Islam's holiest sites, manufacturing a bomb used in the July 4 suicide attack outside a mosque where the Prophet Muhammad is buried which killed four Saudi security force members.

After shooting Al-Saya'ari over the weekend police found two explosive belts, two machine guns, a home-made grenade and basins filled with chemicals.